Selective Breeding:
the intentional mating of two animals in an attempt to produce offspring with desirable characteristics.

Many plants and animals for domestic and agricultural purposes have been bred in this way to produce new varieties. E.g. Wheat

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Slow Loris
Slow Loris
To avoid predators, a mother Slow Loris licks its offspring with poison before sending them off to search for food.


Random chemistry fact

An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 80 kms (50 miles) long.



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sun, jupiter and earth size comparison
sun, jupiter and earth size comparison
About 1000 Earths would fit inside Jupiter - and the Sun could hold about 1000 Jupiters.



Random maths fact

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.



Random physics fact

The diameter of a proton is approximately 0.000000000001 mm (1/25,000,000,000,000 inch).